Institute for Design
The fields of study at the Institute for Design at the University of Arts Linz deal with the design of the lived, built and constructed environment: "Industrial Design", "raum&designstrategien", "Fashion & Technology" and "Labor Kreative Robotik".
The combination of these fields of study and areas of knowledge offers students a wide range of courses, enables unusual synergies and is a unique selling point of the University of Art and Design Linz. Students from all over the world and international networks make the Institute's fields of study attractive partners for diverse projects and collaborations with institutions from the fields of art and culture, politics, industry and business. All four fields of study impart basic and subject-specific knowledge based on project-oriented questions. Possible answers are examined and contextualized in their technical, economic, ecological, social, artistic and cultural consequences in an interdisciplinary manner. The well-equipped and supervised workshops guarantee a successful interlocking of vision and realization. Each course offers a unique focus and individual supervision within small teams.
Industrial Design focuses on the design and development of serial, innovative products and product systems with a focus on people, technology and social developments. Industrial designers as creative, innovative specialists on the one hand and as interdisciplinary generalists on the other are decisive for the emotional, economic and social value of products. Industrial design is therefore an essential part of strategic and user-oriented product development.
space&designstrategies, a new discipline set up in 2003 and unique in Europe, offers a curriculum at the interface of architecture, art, design and digital media. Phenomena in both real and virtual space are analysed, defined and implemented. A characteristic of this integrated, project-based programme is that practical projects are already implemented during the study course.
Fashion & Technology The world of fashion is currently undergoing a dramatic change. Fashion is increasingly becoming a disposable product manufactured under inhuman conditions, with production cycles that become obsolete in no time. The idea of fashion in combination with technology is quickly raising questions of privacy, body optimisation or ecology. The aim of the training is to prepare the students for the newly emerging requirements and professional profiles in the intertwined area of fashion and technology.
Creative Robotics Lab
The new Creative Robotics Lab at the University of Arts Linz is open to all fields of study as part of research-led teaching: While industrial designers build prototypes with robots, students of "Time-based Media" develop interactive robot installations and graphics students explore new methods of representation that only a robot can realize. Robots are seen here not only as production machines, but also as a multifaceted interface between the digital and physical worlds. The machine becomes an integrated part of the design process.
Design Research and Design Theory
The Chair of Design Research and Design Theory focuses on the experimental generation of knowledge in and through design. A dynamic interplay between analytical-systematic exploration and pragmatic-applied design practice characterizes the core of these efforts. Particular emphasis is placed on future-oriented, practice-based research, while at the same time providing insights into past and current theoretical discourses.
Head of Institute
Univ.-Prof. Mag. art. Ute Ploier
Deputy Head of Institute
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christiane
Luible-Bär
Contact
Mag.art. Teresa Galen
Tabakfabrik Linz
Peter-Behrens-Platz 10/5
M: +43 676 84 7898 2588
Office hours
Mon-Thu: 9 to 11.00 a.m.
institut-design.office@kunstuni-linz.at
University of Arts Linz
Institute of Design
Hauptplatz 6
4020 Linz | Austria